It is very important to remember that when these steps are being that the bottom of the boat is level. We had to on numerous occasions get out the level and lay it across the transom to check and recheck that it was still level with the rest of the boat. Once we got the transom level, we put this long piece of lead on top of to keep pressure on the new joint, this way we did not have to put in any screws that would not be staying. Also, When we pulled the bow of the boat down to join stem there was a lot of force trying to spring back, so we had to put about every cramp that we could find on the stem in order to keep it down in addition to screwing the stem horn into the stock. Lastly, once we attached the transom and then the stem we noticed that the bottom was slightly port of the centerline, but we already had all of our cramps in place on the stem. Vaughn showed us how to attach another cramp sideways across the stem and force the bottom and the stem back inline.
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